Mercedes DonderoConsultant
Born in Buenos Aires, she studied Information Systems at the National University of Luján. With 15 years of experience in the area of systems, works in Paginar.net since 2003. She currently serves as Consultant of Paginar.net BUSINESS at Buenos Aires offices.
What is the role of a consultant in a information technology service company?
The consultant is in charge of providing the best solutions to its clients, taking into account all the variables that make up its current problems (company size, infrastructure, future plans, etc). To fulfill its mission should be constantly looking at new technologies, investigating the application at the very real and concrete situation. It is a very dynamic and creative job.
The best thing and worst thing about your job?
The best: renovation and updating, no time for boredom. Worst: No time to get bored, sometimes to the point that there's not enough time!
What to do and not to do in a development project?
What to do: clearly defined objectives and scope, defining stages of implementation, relieve adequately the requirements. This last point implies a deep understanding of each system component by the provider and the client, both must understand the solution in the same way, so there are no misunderstandings or false expectations and to reach a successful implementation. You have to prioritize communication, optimizing the use of documentation to reinforce it.
What not to do: the opposite of this. Vaguely defined goals, manage requirements as informal a way that it isn't clear, or are lost in a mountain of emails ... is the sure path to failure.
Why use Microsoft .NET technology to develop web solutions?
Because it is a robust and mature platform on which we have extensive experience at Paginar.net. Provides a host of facilities for the development of applications, including: an extensive and comprehensive structure of base classes, possibility of using several different languages, simplified implementation process, interfaces to interact with existing systems developed in other technologies, among others.
Any point in your professional career that make you particularly proud?
I'm especially proud when you have to give a quick and effective solution to a problem. I was appointed to that manny times and the results were very satisfactory. Fortunately I've already accumulated many of these moments in different kind of projects and clients like Marval O'Farrell & Mairal's Intranet, SC Johnson's intranet or the Dalkia's Manager Reports application.
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